Charlottesville Chief of Police Al Thomas spoke to the media Monday to explain what transpired over the weekend after a violent rally left one woman dead and dozens of others injured in Virginia.

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Thomas said the police department originally planned to keep the rally peaceful but as the crowd grew, it became more difficult to monitor the situation.

He also said "alt-right" rally attendees had failed to follow an agreed-upon plan on entering Emancipation Park. The attendees were gathering to protest plans to remove a Confederate statue.

“We were hoping for a peaceful event,” said Thomas.

The event also drew counter-protesters - and Thomas said the crowds became more aggressive and "mutually engaged combatants" became more violent.

Hear more from the mother of the woman who was killed during the rally in the video above

He also said authorities will work to ensure that any vigils planning to occur this week will be kept peaceful. A hot line has been established for those needing to report any other violence still occurring, whether it be assaults or other criminal behavior.

White nationalists are said to be planning more demonstrations to promote their agenda.The University of Florida said white provocateur Richard Spencer, whose appearances sometimes stoke unrest, is seeking permission to speak there next month.

And white nationalist Preston Wiginton said he is planning a “White Lives Matter” rally at Texas A&M University in September.

Also, a neo-Confederate group has asked the state of Virginia for permission to rally at a monument to Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in Richmond on Sept. 16, and other events are likely.

“We’re going to be more active than ever before,” Matthew Heimbach, a white nationalist leader, said Monday.

According to Thomas, the Charlottesville police department has heard of the rumors that other white nationalist events are in the works around the nation but he said they do not have any information besides just hearing the rumors.

When asked whether he had any regrets, he said: "Absolutely I have regrets. We lost three lives this weekend."

He was referring to 32-year-old Heather Heyer, who died after a car police say was driven by James Alex Fields Jr. rammed into a crowd of counter-protesters.

Two Virginia State Police officers also died when their helicopter, which was dispatched to the area, crashed just outside of Charlottesville.

“It was a tragic, tragic weekend,” said Thomas.

In the hours after the incident on Saturday, Trump addressed the violence in broad strokes, saying that he condemns “in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides, on many sides.”

That was met with swift bipartisan criticism.

Later President Trump issued another statement saying “Racism is evil,” and singling out the hate groups as “repugnant to everything that we hold dear as Americans.”

Trump noted that the Justice Department has opened a civil rights investigation into the car crash that killed Heather Heyer.